Connecticut Children’s Foundation Blog

Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Foundation Blog contains the latest division news, patient success stories and featured events. Check back regularly to see what our donors, patients and care providers have been doing.

All-American Family Cares About Kids

| By Mark Cherrington
Categories: Donor Story, Partners in Caring
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Mike and Eileen Kolakowski It was the most natural thing in the world for Mike and Eileen Kolakowski of Wallingford to make a significant donation to support Connecticut Children’s new Infusion & Dialysis Center: If there were an award for the all-American family, it would be named for Mike and Eileen. They would shy away …

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Personal Connection Inspires Giving

| By Mark Cherrington
Categories: Donor Story, Partners in Caring
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Lauren Oland Casazza and Christopher Casazza Lauren Oland Casazza has never had infusion therapy, but she has a very strong personal connection to the children who will use the new Infusion & Dialysis Center. When she was 8 she was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, which causes inflammation of the bowel, excruciating pain, severe diarrhea, failure …

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A Commitment to Community that Cannot Be Duplicated

| By Mark Cherrington
Categories: Donor Story, Partners in Caring
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CBS A Xerox Company If you pick any office in Greater Hartford, the odds are pretty high that you’ll find a copier, printer, or other piece of equipment provided by and serviced by Connecticut Business Systems (CBS). Along with the equipment and services it provides, you will also find a business that is committed to …

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QTHON 2018 Breaks Records

| By Caitlin Gadecki
Categories: Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, Events, Patient Families
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Quinnipiac University students have raised the bar yet again for their support of Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. As organizers of the famed annual fundraising drive, QTHON, which culminates in a 10-hour dance marathon on campus, the students set a goal to raise $250,000 in 2018. On February 24, at the conclusion of their dance marathon, …

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Remember that time the UConn community came together and raised a million dollars?

| By Caitlin Gadecki
Categories: Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, Events
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The weekend of February 17-18, thousands of UConn students came together at the culmination of a year-long fundraising drive to celebrate Connecticut Children’s patients while dancing for 18 hours straight. At the weekend’s end, the UConn students announced they had raised more than $1,021,000 during their annual HuskyTHON Miracle Network Dance Marathon. AMAZING!!!!! As the …

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